Inmate pleads guilty to Wal-Mart threats

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KANSAS CITY (AP) - A Missouri inmate has pleaded guilty to making threats to lace food products with cyanide at a Kansas City Wal-Mart.

Hugh Riley Jr., an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to mailing a threatening communication.

The letter to Wal-Mart asked for $200,000 to stop the contamination of food products.

According to the plea agreement, a fingerprint on the letter led investigators to the 34-year-old Riley, who was in administrative segregation when it was written. He is in prison for assault and armed criminal action.

A sentencing date has not been scheduled.

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